Who runs Raleigh

City Hall

The City Council, the City Manager's Office and the person who runs each City department. Every name is read off the City's own pages and links back to the page it came from.

City Council

The mayor and the at-large members are elected by the whole city, and each district elects one member. Find the member for your district.

City Manager's Office

The City Manager answers to the Council and runs the City's staff, with the assistant city managers and the chief of staff.

  • City Manager

    Marchell Adams-David

  • Assistant City Manager

    Ryan Bergman

  • Assistant City Manager

    Evan Raleigh

  • Assistant City Manager

    Michael Moore

  • Assistant City Manager

    Niki Jones

  • Chief of Staff

    Michele Mallette

As listed on the City Manager's Office page.

The City also publishes an org chart showing who reports to whom: City of Raleigh org chart (PDF). The file is dated May 14, 2026, so it can trail the City's pages. Link checked by hand on Sep 28, 2026.

Departments

24 departments, A to Z, as the City's departments page lists them. The City Council and the City Manager's Office, also on that list, are above. 16 of the 24 department pages name who runs the department. Where a page names nobody, this list shows a dash. It never fills the gap from the City's staff directory.

Department Director
Budget and Management ServicesSadia SattarDirector
City AttorneyKaren M. McDonaldCity Attorney
City ClerkLouis BuonpaneCity Clerk
CommunicationsRobin DeacleCommunications Director
Community Engagement not named on the City's page
Economic and Social Advancement not named on the City's page
Emergency CommunicationsDominick NutterEmergency Communications Director
Engineering ServicesByron Sanders, Jr., PE, CPMDepartment Director
FinanceAllison E. BradsherChief Financial Officer
FireHerbert GriffinFire Chief
Housing and Community Development not named on the City's page
Human ResourcesSharnell JonesHuman Resources Director
Information TechnologyMark WittenburgChief Information Officer
Internal AuditMartin PetherbridgeInternal Audit Manager
Parks, Recreation and Cultural ResourcesStephen BentleyPRCR Director
Planning and Development not named on the City's page
Police not named on the City's page
Raleigh Convention and Performing Arts ComplexKerry PainterGeneral Manager / Director
Solid Waste ServicesShikha GuptaSolid Waste Services Director
Special Events not named on the City's page
Strategy and Innovation not named on the City's page
SustainabilityMegan AndersonSustainability Officer
TransportationPaul KallamTransportation Director
Water not named on the City's page

Titles are the City's own words. Some departments call the person who runs them a chief, a manager or an officer.

Sources

Council members come from the City's council page and each member's page. The City Manager's Office comes from its own page. Each director comes from the contact panel of the department's own page.

Council members: as of Sep 28, 2026, 10:45 AM.

City Manager's Office and departments: as of Sep 28, 2026, 11:20 AM.